Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-03-26
rhs pispsss Bssiss n 1879. Whs. I've sets Of
Trustees Of the Cesgrssssass - EpArass
were elected -s,rsssiss Of the Pee.
t,ous siacs FOE Supremacy.

pOncne9 OF the eOclety OF SovenIn LAY bAP
tista The other three are located at snow
HUI, Bedford and Allegheny. The Difficult.
ties began . few years prior to 1850, when
some Of the members began complaining
about the management Of the Affairs
OF the society, by the Konigmacher faction.
Lorenz Nolde, who was foremost in the oppo.
sition to Konigmscher's trustees, 10 aGermau
by birth, and came to this county from
franklin county over twenty years ago He
was member Of the franklin county society
and connected himself with the E?hrs's
branch soon after locating in that town.
When the controversy - to Konigmacher's
management wss going on Lorenz Nolde
took sides against him and finally became
the opposition leader. He was elected rus-
tee several years ago. The charges against
konigmscher was that he did not keep his
accounts properly. The board OF trustees
was divided on nearly every question that
came up, and Nolde absented himself from
several meetings At that time Nolde was
the treasurer, and for his non attendance the
KONG macher faction declared his seat vacant
and elected J. X. Zsrfsss In his place Nolde
did not recognizs the right Of the board to
oust him, and there were frequent disputes,
in the matter Of renting the church proper
ties, - to whether he or Zsriass was the legal
trustee
ELIMINATED IN A SPLIT.
Disputes between the trustees continued
until January 6, 1879, the date OF the quad.
rennisl election for officers, and on that day
the elimination was . split aud the election
Of rival sets of trustees, each Of whom claimed
to be the legally elected board. The mode OF
conducting the election was about q follows:
1t was held ct the "Saal," in pursuance OF
notics in writing, specifying the purpose OF
the meeting, and the day, ss we'll - the
hourA within which the election would be
commenced aud concluded, signed by their
trustees aud affixed to the door Of the "Saal"
during three Sabbaths previous to the day %
specified.
At the time OF the January (ls79) election,
the membership Of the society WAS about
thirty, Of whom three-fourths were women.
The male members were In general mechan-
les or lsboring men, and . considerable
number of the members were dependent,
wholly or partially upon the funds Of the
society.
The Seventh Day Baptists do not appear to
have formulated spscihcaily articles OF faith
or rules OF discipline, but profess to take for
their guidance simply the Bible and New
practices are: Their observance oithe sew
enth day OF the week instead Of the first ss
the Sabbath; the administration OF the right
of baptism ''by trins immersion, with for.
ward action In Q stream OF running water"
| by the love feasts held annually at their CON-
munioD; by the washing Of each others feet
by the members prev iously to the breaking
| OF bread at the communion.
RAILROAD AND TOWN TIMES.
| In pursuance OF the notice the members
| met at the " "SaA" At Il o'clock ON January g.
1879, to elect three trustees The time fol
| opening .of the election was railroad time
which was five minutes faster than Ephratl
town time, aud Lorenz Nolde objected to tn,
election proceeding until IL o'clock town time
TIE Obj sction was not needed and the elec
ton proceeded until Jacob s. Spangler offsreC
his vote. 1t was objected to because he va
s"Ssparatist, that Is, he was one OF th'
parties baptized by Rev. David c. Long
who was no longer in full communion with
the society. Spangle1's vote was rejected
and his friends, who were the followers o
| Lorenz Nolde, went to another part of the
election and held it
The returns showed that the first board
| organized received l6 votes, all OF which were
| cast for A. +. Madlem, J. J. II. Zsrfsss and
T. Konigmscher, and the second board 70
| ceived seventeen votes, all OF whom were
| cast for William Madlem, Lorenz Nolde an
jacob 8. Spangler. E sch Of these sets oi
trustees were returned - duly elected for &
term OF four years. Each set filed their bonds
and the court heard the argument Of the
counsel interested. The court decided thu
they were not called upon to decide which
were the regularly elected trustees and they
would not approve any OF the bonds, and
suggested that another election be held. II
pursuance Of that suggestion lWm. Maiden
and Lorens Nolde, posted notices tor sr
election to be held on July7, In the " ssal y
between the hours Of II and 2, for three trus
tees At the time mentioned some OF th'
members assembled (the Konigmscher fac
ton remained away but they could not ge
into the Saal and they held an election II
. building near by. Sixteen votes were cas
and ali were for Lorenz Nolde, William
Maiden aud jacob 8. Spsngler. This returl
with their bond was filed In court and Q rul
to show cause why the bond should not b
affirmed was argued at the December tern
lsI9.
THE COURTS DIVIDE.
On February 81, 1880, Judge Patterson de
livered an opinion deciding that Nolde
Maiden and Spangler were elected In July
to serve four years from January, 1879. From
this conclusion dates the division OF tn
court on this casa After Judge Patterson
had read his opinion Judge Livingston di'
sented from the conclusions OF his colleagu
and objected to the approval OF the bosrC
Judge Patterson held tina. his approval va
sufficient, and Judge Livingston that 1t r.
qured the approval OF both judges
On May 3lss, 1880, Nolde, Msdlem an
Spangler, returned as elected trustees, filed
bill in equity, and Judge Patterson, in chan
bers, granted them preliminary iDjunctio
restraining A. +. Msdlem, Joseph J. r. Zs
fsss and Timothy Konigmacher from collec
ing the debts due the society, or attempting
a. trustees, to exercise any control over Il
property. The defendants filed an snsws
denying all the allegations OF the Nolds part,
and Amos Slsymaksr wss appointed msste
| THE MASTERS CONCLUSIONS.
The master took . large amount OF test
mony, and he reached these conclusions
That the bond OF Nolde ct al. had never bee
affirmed by the orphsns' court that the q
Of one judge in the face OF an objection an
dissent of the other judge was not an spprovs
; that Nolde ct. al. had not been elected tru
: tses, and were not entitled TO the Office
that A. F. Msdlsn, Joseph ]. X. Zsrisa
| and Timothy Konigmscher were the dul
elected trustees. To the msster's repor
Noide ct Al fled: exceptions, which ver
argued before both of our judges. Juds
Patterson delivered sn opinion sustsioin
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